Kristina Killgrove wrote about how Wagner College anthropology professor Celeste Gagnon brews traditional Peruvian chicha corn beer in a laboratory with her research students to help in studies of how an individual’s diet, as evidenced in her skeletal remains, could help tell a story about life in ancient societies.

Tracey Porpora wrote about how several civic and cultural institutions on Staten Island — Wagner College among them — had testified before New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission in opposition to imposing landmark status on some of their oldest buildings. The LPC is considering the resolution of a 1966 landmark nomination for Cunard Hall that was left unresolved by the commission after a 1976 public hearing.

Martin Daubney wrote about a new wrinkle in the “male rights” movement that’s best known by its acronym, MGTOW — Men Going Their Own Way. One of the experts quoted in the story was Wagner College psychology professor Miles Groth, a pioneer in the field of male studies.

Ryan Lavis wrote a news story about a community forum at Wagner College on heroin abuse on Staten Island, co-sponsored by the Staten Island Advance. The event was also covered by the national Fox News morning program, “Fox & Friends,” for later broadcast.

Kathryn Carse wrote about Wagner College art professor Bill Murphy’s newest project: graphically documenting the progress of construction on the New York Wheel, being built on the St. George, Staten Island waterfront.

The Davenport, Iowa daily paper published an op-ed essay by Wagner College art history professor Laura Morowitz, “Turning Away Refugees is Inhumane.” The essay was first published by the online op-ed distributor Inside Sources on Nov. 27.

Erika Prafder wrote a story about the Princeton Review’s new book, “Colleges That Create Futures: 50 Schools That Launch Careers by Going Beyond the Classroom,” in which Wagner College was prominently featured. She interviewed modern languages professor Margarita Sanchez for the story. Read both versions of the story- from the print edition, and the significantly longer online edition.

Wagner College President Richard Guarasci was interviewed on KFAB, a news radio station in Omaha, Nebraska, in connection with the annual conference of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, of which he is also president. The CUMU conference was being hosted by the University of Nebraska, Omaha. Also interviewed was UNO Chancellor John Christiansen.

Kellie Woodhouse wrote about how, according to President Guarasci, Wagner College made a decision in the challenging times after the 2008 financial meltdown to “protect quality rather than chase volume” by either reducing admissions standards or raising the discount rate.

In an op-ed, President Guarasci wrote, “Racism isn’t an issue confined to college campuses, but as the events of the past week at the University of Missouri have shown, the college environment can be a microcosm that highlights challenges our entire society is experiencing.” The essay was also published in Newsday.

In his Huff Po Religion Blog essay, Wagner College government professor and campus rabbi Abe Unger writes that Wagner College’s Port Richmond Partnership is an exemplar of how modern American colleges should engage with “the global village” in their own back yards.

Diane Lore wrote about an event at Wagner College celebrating 30,000 Degrees, a 10-year initiative designed to boost the number of 4-year college degrees held by Staten Islanders. Wagner College is one of the partners spearheading the initiative.

Stories aired in English and Spanish about the collaboration between Wagner College and Port Richmond’s P.S. 20 in a public art installation by artist Lina Montoya called “Las Mariposas Amarillas (The Yellow Butterflies).”

“Under the U.S. Constitution, the House of Representatives was originally designed to be the unruly chamber of Congress,” Spivak wrote in his op-ed essay about the succession struggles on Capitol Hill. “Last week, Americans got to see some of what the founders expected.”

In this essay, written after a strong debate performance by Hillary Clinton but preceding Joe Biden’s announcement that he would not run for president, Joshua Spivak looks at the history of presidential runs by vice presidents and former veeps.